Pakistan win toss, bat first against South Africa

DUBAI: Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez won the toss and decided to bat first against South Africa in the first of the two Twenty20 Internationals here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Pakistan brought back allrounders Shoaib Malik and Abdul Razzaq in their team. Razzaq last played for Pakistan in the World Twenty20 in October 2012 in Sri Lanka.

For South Africa, who won the preceding one-day series 4-1, paceman Dale Steyn returned for his first Twenty20 in 11 months.

Teams:
South Africa: Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla, Qunton de Kock, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Imran Tahir, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Irfan, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal.

Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Shozab Raza (PAK), TV umpire: Zameer Haider (PAK)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)